Game of Thrones: Winter Dragon Lord

Chapter 193 The King's Grandfather
The morning light gradually diffused from the horizon through the sea fog.

A small amount of sleep can refresh him, and Cole still prefers to sit than to lie in bed and meditate with his eyes closed.

Perhaps having sat long enough, Cole stands up, stretching his muscles.

The heavily armed ax guards stationed at the entrance of the camp, they took turns to watch and patrol the night to ensure the safety of the prince.

"His Royal Highness." The guard greeted him.

Everyone in the Guards is a veteran who has followed Cole for a long time. It may not be said that he has experienced hundreds of battles, but at least he has followed Cole through many battles, large and small.

The first condition of the guards is naturally loyalty. Cole handed over the formation of the heavy axemen to José. As a knight trained by Cole himself, José's loyalty is naturally beyond doubt.

Hundreds of personal guards were allocated land and tax-exempt benefits. In this era, there is no better reward than land.

Compared with serfs, sergeants can enjoy all the benefits on the land, and as long as they are still soldiers under Cole's hand for a day, they don't have to pay any taxes on the fields they own.

Cole called a few personal guards to train with him.

He wielded two swords in his hand and started a one-on-one swordsmanship competition.

Cole admits that his sword skills are not superb, and his opponents are also the same. They are all from fighting on the battlefield, so naturally they don't pay so much attention.

The sword is mainly slashing and stabbing, and strength is one of his strengths. Cole's skills are often based on strength.

In a fight, the winner is often decided in just a few strokes, without any elegance.

So in order to get a better training effect, Cole often focuses on defense in the competition, without borrowing the eye of time.

Facing the wooden swords that were approaching step by step, Cole dexterously swung his two swords to block.

Looking at the raised sword, Cole secretly guessed its trajectory, and said in his heart, "Slash left."

The double swords were erected, forming a cross on his left arm.

One opponent, he handled with ease, caught an opening, and Cole put the sword to his neck.

The training is not over, followed by one-on-two, one-on-three.

After he finished his training, the morning exercises of the soldiers began, so the soldiers formed a circle around the place, and every time someone hit Cole, they would exclaim.

Cole put down his sword, took off his training armor, exhaled a mouthful of mist, and returned to the main tent hot.

"You can beat them." On the way back to the camp, a woman's voice reached Cole's ears.

Val, the blond freeman.

She held Mance Rayder's child in her arms, and Cole had a pregnant ewe bought by the Night's Watch to care for the little one.

This woman was very beautiful, and when they were at Castle Black, the brothers of the Night's Watch would often linger on her for a long time.

After following Cole into the barracks, the soldiers were also fascinated by her.

Free people love the strong. In the customs outside the Great Wall, a man has to steal a woman if he wants it. He steals his daughter from someone else's home or clan. The real free people will snatch women from afar to strengthen their clan.

The woman in front of him was slender and plump, with golden curly hair, and Cole wondered why she wasn't stolen.

Cole nodded, seeming to agree with her statement.Among the women of the free folk there were many brave and skilled fighters. They were called "spearwives", and Cole knew them as "Ygritte".

"Maybe, the battlefield changes rapidly, and no one knows whether they can win or not," he said.

"They say you can beat giants." She was also caring for the wildling prince with two free folk women, one of whom saw Cole kill the giant.

"Yeah" Cole didn't deny it.

He fell the giant with a single blow from his lance, and then, dismounting from his horse, beheaded him.

Giants were just bigger Mountains, and they were unarmored and slow.

"Tormund slew giants too, we call him Tormund Giantsbane," Val told him.

"Tormund." A familiar name, it seems that this is the one who is gathering the wildlings outside the Great Wall.

After the wildling army was defeated, many desperate free folk chose to surrender to the Great Wall. Some followed Cole to Eastwatch, some stayed in Castle Black, and more wildling warriors followed Tormon. Germany.

The army of wildlings regrouped outside the Great Wall, which is not good news for the Night's Watch. No one knows whether they will attack the Great Wall again.

"Excuse me, ma'am. I'm sorry," Cole told her.

He continued to walk towards his tent. Guards in fine armor were patrolling around the prince's tent at all times. Val couldn't get close at all, and the guards wouldn't let a wild man get close to his lord.

Of course, if Cole is willing to meet, it's another matter.

"Your Highness, the letter from Storm's End has arrived." The captain of the patrolling guard told him.

Cole naturally knew, because it was Caesar who delivered the letter, and Bailong put the letter in a hidden place, and then the patrolmen went to pick it up.

A stone was placed on the table in the tent, and there were several rolls of parchment paper hanging on the stone, and Cole took down one.

According to the financial report of acting city lord Gilbert Fallin, the financial revenue of Storm's End is still beyond their means. Although the war made them a small fortune, it will always be exhausted in the long run.The letter also wrote about the current situation of Storm's End. The princes seemed to be quite dissatisfied with Cole leading the army to go north, and they also encountered many problems in forming the battle group.

After reading all the envelopes, Cole had expected the matter of Storm's End. With Caesar around, he would only need half a day to go back.

The matter of the battle group can be put on hold temporarily. This plan was originally just an experiment for him, hoping to dig out a few officers with management talents to reduce his pressure.

Putting aside the matter of Storm's End, Cole opened another letter, with the sun spear on the coat of arms, it was a letter from Sunspear.

I hope my two uncles can give him some good news.

The content of the letter was very concise. After a lot of greetings, Prince Doran stated that his daughter Princess "Arianne Martell" was going to visit Storm's End.

At least not bad news, Cole put the letter aside.

The third letter was written by Maester Pylos, in which he collected the information obtained by the spies.

Kerr had to judge whether the news was true or false, and then use it to analyze the current situation in Westeros.

The maester arranged the information one by one in order of importance to him.

And at the head of the envelope, there was a shocking news for Cole:
[Tywin Lannister was assassinated]

The rain washed the high walls of the Red Fort, and those bright red marks seemed to be shedding blood and tears.

There were few people on the streets of King's Landing, but the taverns were much more lively, and the drinkers were loudly talking about interesting things in the city recently.The King and the Boar, the King's Wedding, the King's Dwarf Uncle and the Whore's Copper, the King's Grandfather, etc.

(End of this chapter)